How to Defend Against a Bear Hug in Aikido

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"Hello, my name is Roger Mamedov, and I'm an instructor at Camp Undefeated in New York City. This is how you defend a bear hug in Aikido, (so Taylor please). So the first common thing is, if for him, he actually wants to go under my elbows and lift me up. So to prevent that, I'm going to bring my hands up, and I'm going to drop my weight. So the reason I'm dropping my weight is to make sure he can't lift me, (so Taylor try and lift me) it's going to be very difficult for him, even if he's bigger than me. So notice how I'm going to trap his hands, now for me, the cross arms, I want to have the momentum of punching my ankle across, and I'm just going to flip him over. So watch it a little bit faster. So first, base, trapped arms, now for me, just turn your hips across, and flip. So watch it from a different angle; trap, drop the base, rotate across. This is Roger Mamedov, and this has been, how to defend a bear hug in Aikido."